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Tailgate search must go on without Keller

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Tom Woods was walking the MetLife Stadium parking lot, wearing his Darrelle Revis No. 24 New York Jets jersey and a green and white U.K. Jets cape, looking for a tailgate party. The

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Tom Woods was walking the MetLife Stadium parking lot, wearing his Darrelle Revis No. 24 New York Jets jersey and a green and white U.K. Jets cape, looking for a tailgate party.

The 19-year-old Liverpool, England native had flown 7 1/2 hours from across the pond the day before, spending $3,000 to catch his two favorite teams this week -- the Jets and New York Yankees during their series this week against the Boston Red Sox.

Woods hoped seeing his team in person would prove a salve for the loss of their best player, Revis, to a torn ACL the previous Sunday in a win at Miami.

"I'm hoping I'll prove a good omen for the Jets by seeing them for the first time in person," Woods said.

So Revis is your favorite NFL player?

In the interest of full disclosure, Woods confessed Revis' jersey was really his third choice when he was unable to come by jerseys for his two favorites, kicker Nick Folk and tight end Dustin Keller, who was inactive for Sunday's game against San Francisco due to a nagging hamstring injury. Rookie receiver Stephen Hill was also inactive for the Jets with a hamstring, leaving the Jets short on playmakers.

Woods keeps up on his favorite team through a United Kingdom website called, "UK-Jets.com" founded by a die-hard Jets fan.

With that, the caped crusader from Liverpool was off in search of a tailgate party to crash.